IMPACT OF AN INTEGRATED SCIENTIFIC MORAL VALUES INSTRUCTIONAL APPROACH ON THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ MORAL CHARACTER

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to know the impact of the implementation of an integrated moral-values instructional approach on the development of the elementary school students' moral character. The research was conducted in the form of a test-retest experiment. The results of this research showed that the implementation of the integrated scientific moral-values instructional approach on an instructional process of social studies is able to increase 67% of the improvement the moral- characters compared to the implementation scientific approach contained in the content of social studies to the student intact. The instructional approach is very effective to develop students’ moral-characters.